48 results found
Registration / Serial: | N8928Y |
Other Marks: | 16 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche C |
C/n (msn): | 30-1882 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 14359Submit Correction |
View count: | 183 |
Entered by Jim Hazelton and flown by Keith Singh, N8728Y was air race entrant 16. Hazelton sold the aircraft as VH-SRM in June 1970.
Registration / Serial: | N8928Y |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche C |
C/n (msn): | 30-1882 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | N8928Y |
Other Marks: | 16 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche C |
C/n (msn): | 30-1882 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 14359Submit Correction |
View count: | 183 |
Entered by Jim Hazelton and flown by Keith Singh, N8728Y was air race entrant 16. Hazelton sold the aircraft as VH-SRM in June 1970.
Registration / Serial: | N8928Y |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche C |
C/n (msn): | 30-1882 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-FWX |
Other Marks: | 36 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech B55 Baron (95-B55) |
C/n (msn): | TC-1155 |
Operator Titles: | Elizabethan Air Charter |
Aircraft Name: | Spirit of Alice Springs |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 13345Submit Correction |
View count: | 302 |
VH-FWX was air race entrant No.36. Laconia and Stihl were its sponsors. In 2002 -FWX was reregistered VH-IHZ.
Registration / Serial: | VH-FWX |
Aircraft Version: | Beech B55 Baron (95-B55) |
C/n (msn): | TC-1155 |
Operator Titles: | Elizabethan Air Charter |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-FWX |
Other Marks: | 36 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech B55 Baron (95-B55) |
C/n (msn): | TC-1155 |
Operator Titles: | Elizabethan Air Charter |
Aircraft Name: | Spirit of Alice Springs |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 13345Submit Correction |
View count: | 302 |
VH-FWX was air race entrant No.36. Laconia and Stihl were its sponsors. In 2002 -FWX was reregistered VH-IHZ.
Registration / Serial: | VH-FWX |
Aircraft Version: | Beech B55 Baron (95-B55) |
C/n (msn): | TC-1155 |
Operator Titles: | Elizabethan Air Charter |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | N12421 |
Other Marks: | 107 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 421 Golden Eagle |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 421 Golden Eagle/Executive Commuter |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 421A |
C/n (msn): | 421A0146 |
Aircraft Name: | Roald Amundsen |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 11894Submit Correction |
View count: | 293 |
The 1969 London-Sydney air race was just part of a much longer flight for N12421 that included crossing the North and South Poles. It left Australia within days of the race for New Zealand and Antarctica. The pilot was Thor Tjontveit, a Norwegian-American adventurer and businessman who would later be jailed in Norway for insurance fraud. N12421 was sold in Switzerland in 1971 as HB-LGB.
Registration / Serial: | N12421 |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 421A |
C/n (msn): | 421A0146 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | N12421 |
Other Marks: | 107 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 421 Golden Eagle |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 421 Golden Eagle/Executive Commuter |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 421A |
C/n (msn): | 421A0146 |
Aircraft Name: | Roald Amundsen |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 11894Submit Correction |
View count: | 293 |
The 1969 London-Sydney air race was just part of a much longer flight for N12421 that included crossing the North and South Poles. It left Australia within days of the race for New Zealand and Antarctica. The pilot was Thor Tjontveit, a Norwegian-American adventurer and businessman who would later be jailed in Norway for insurance fraud. N12421 was sold in Switzerland in 1971 as HB-LGB.
Registration / Serial: | N12421 |
Aircraft Version: | Cessna 421A |
C/n (msn): | 421A0146 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-DOL |
Other Marks: | 19 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
C/n (msn): | 24-1333 |
Operator Titles: | Transair |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 7180Submit Correction |
View count: | 216 |
Entrant # 19 in the BP London-Sydney air race. It remained on the register in 2017 despite being a static exhibit of the South Australian Aviation Museum. It had not flown for almost 25 years.
Registration / Serial: | VH-DOL |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
C/n (msn): | 24-1333 |
Operator Titles: | Transair |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-DOL |
Other Marks: | 19 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-24 Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
C/n (msn): | 24-1333 |
Operator Titles: | Transair |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 7180Submit Correction |
View count: | 216 |
Entrant # 19 in the BP London-Sydney air race. It remained on the register in 2017 despite being a static exhibit of the South Australian Aviation Museum. It had not flown for almost 25 years.
Registration / Serial: | VH-DOL |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
C/n (msn): | 24-1333 |
Operator Titles: | Transair |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-DEZ |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C55 Baron (95-C55) |
C/n (msn): | TE-446 |
Operator Titles: | Mining Supplies Kalgoorlie |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 7012Submit Correction |
View count: | 197 |
VH-DEZ was entry No.39 in the BP London-Sydney air race. It was sold in Fiji as DQ-FBS in March 1972.
Registration / Serial: | VH-DEZ |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C55 Baron (95-C55) |
C/n (msn): | TE-446 |
Operator Titles: | Mining Supplies Kalgoorlie |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-DEZ |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 55 Baron (T-42) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C55 Baron (95-C55) |
C/n (msn): | TE-446 |
Operator Titles: | Mining Supplies Kalgoorlie |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 7012Submit Correction |
View count: | 197 |
VH-DEZ was entry No.39 in the BP London-Sydney air race. It was sold in Fiji as DQ-FBS in March 1972.
Registration / Serial: | VH-DEZ |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C55 Baron (95-C55) |
C/n (msn): | TE-446 |
Operator Titles: | Mining Supplies Kalgoorlie |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-CHX |
Other Marks: | 47 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Version: | Beech S35 Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-7946 |
Operator Titles: | Victoria Police Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 6467Submit Correction |
View count: | 872 |
VH-CHX was the Victorian Police Aero Club entry in the 1969 London to Sydney air race. The aircraft was hired from Civil Flying Services. of Moorabbin, Melbourne, for the return trip. VH-CHX was lost at Ballarat on February 29, 1996, when it spun in after its engine failed soon after take-off.
Registration / Serial: | VH-CHX |
Aircraft Version: | Beech S35 Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-7946 |
Operator Titles: | Victoria Police Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-CHX |
Other Marks: | 47 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Version: | Beech S35 Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-7946 |
Operator Titles: | Victoria Police Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 6467Submit Correction |
View count: | 872 |
VH-CHX was the Victorian Police Aero Club entry in the 1969 London to Sydney air race. The aircraft was hired from Civil Flying Services. of Moorabbin, Melbourne, for the return trip. VH-CHX was lost at Ballarat on February 29, 1996, when it spun in after its engine failed soon after take-off.
Registration / Serial: | VH-CHX |
Aircraft Version: | Beech S35 Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-7946 |
Operator Titles: | Victoria Police Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-ASL |
Other Marks: | 43 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
C/n (msn): | 30-964 |
Operator Titles: | Royal Victorian Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 4737Submit Correction |
View count: | 792 |
Air race 43. VH-ASL was eventually lost in a crash at Maroochydore, Queensland, June 21, 2001.
Registration / Serial: | VH-ASL |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
C/n (msn): | 30-964 |
Operator Titles: | Royal Victorian Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-ASL |
Other Marks: | 43 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
C/n (msn): | 30-964 |
Operator Titles: | Royal Victorian Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 4737Submit Correction |
View count: | 792 |
Air race 43. VH-ASL was eventually lost in a crash at Maroochydore, Queensland, June 21, 2001.
Registration / Serial: | VH-ASL |
Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
C/n (msn): | 30-964 |
Operator Titles: | Royal Victorian Aero Club |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | 9J-REF |
Other Marks: | 103 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Version: | Beech V35A Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-8429 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 2927Submit Correction |
View count: | 207 |
Competitor in the London (Biggin Hill) - Sydney (Bankstown) air race
Registration / Serial: | 9J-REF |
Aircraft Version: | Beech V35A Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-8429 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Registration / Serial: | 9J-REF |
Other Marks: | 103 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 35 Bonanza |
Aircraft Version: | Beech V35A Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-8429 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map |
Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Event: | BP England - Australia Commemorative Air Race 1969 |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |
Photo ID: | 2927Submit Correction |
View count: | 207 |
Competitor in the London (Biggin Hill) - Sydney (Bankstown) air race
Registration / Serial: | 9J-REF |
Aircraft Version: | Beech V35A Bonanza |
C/n (msn): | D-8429 |
City / Airport: | Sydney - Bankstown (YSBK / BWU)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
Photo Date: | 4 January 1970 |
Photo by: | David CarterContact |